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Nino Benvenuti

8235 KOs
73 KOs
1Draws
Last six: L-W-W-L-L-L
Career
division
Middleweight
status
inactive
bouts
90
rounds
707
KO %
42.7%
KO wins
35
KO losses
3
career
1961–1971
debut
1961-01-20
last fight
1971-05-08
Profile
birth name
Giovanni Benvenuti
alias
Nino
trainer
Libero Golinelli
sex
M
stance
orthodox
height
5′ 11″ / 180cm
nationality
Italy
origin
Isola d'Istria, Slovenia
city / state / zip
Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
dob
1938-04-26
age
88

Latest news

Former boxing champs Nino Benvenuti, Emile Griffith show nobility reigns in ...
2009-12-26 · New York Daily News
This is a Christmas story involving two fine boxing champions who, some years ago, traded punches for a total of 45 rounds. Today, one is now in the other's…
Daily News reunites boxing legends Nino Benvenuti and Emile Griffith one last time
2009-12-25 · New York Daily News
Legendary News cartoonist Bill Gallo reminisces with former middleweight boxing champs Nino Benvenuti and Emile Griffith (r…
Nino Benvenuti on Carlos Baldomir
2006-01-13 · TheSweetScience.com
Not only because Baldomir is Argentinian like Monzon (who, coincidentally, is Baldomir’s idol), but because nobody gave him a chance to win.…
A Conversation with Nino Benvenuti
2005-11-16 · TheSweetScience.com
He won the Italian and European middleweight titles and became world champion in the light middleweight and middleweight divisions.…
The Week That Was …
2005-11-09 · TheSweetScience.com
Nov. 7, 1970: Argentine Carlos Monzon scores a 12th-round kayo over champion Nino Benvenuti in Rome to win the world middleweight title.…

Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
May 8
Carlos Monzon
69 3 8
L-TKO
Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo, Monaco
WBC Middleweight Title
3 of 15 · 160 / 159 lbs · 1:05
Judges: Arthur Mercante
Referee: Victor Avendano
Event →
Mar 17
Jose Chirino
17 4 3
L-MD
Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy
10 of 10 · 161 / 160 lbs
Event →
Nov 7
Carlos Monzon
65 3 8
L-TKO
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
WBC Middleweight Title
12 of 15 · 160 / 160 lbs
Referee: Rudolf Drust
Event →
Sep 12
Doyle Baird
30 3 1
W-TKO
Calcio Stadio, Bari, Puglia, Italy
10 of 10 · 2:03
Event →
May 23
Tom Bethea
10 5 1
W-KO
Sports Stadium Arena, Umag, Croatia
WBC World middleweight title; WBA World middleweight title
8 of 15 · 160 / 160 lbs · 2:43
Event →
Mar 13
Tom Bethea
9 5 1
L-TKO
Olympic Velodrome, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
8 of 10 · 163 / 165 lbs
Referee: Billy Rainsbury
Event →
Nov 22
Luis Rodriguez
96 7 0
W-KO
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
WBC Middleweight Title
11 of 15 · 156 / 160 lbs · 1:08
Event →
Oct 4
Fraser Scott
16 0 1
W-DQ
San Paolo Stadium, Naples, Campania, Italy
WBC Middleweight Title
7 of 15 · 160 / 158 lbs · 1:40
Referee: Tony Gillardi
Event →
May 26
Dick Tiger
58 18 3
L-UD
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 164 / 166 lbs
Event →
Dec 14
Don Fullmer
47 13 3
W-UD
Ariston Theatre, San Remo, Liguria, Italy
WBC Middleweight Title
15 of 15 · 160 / 159 lbs
Event →
Oct 14
Doyle Baird
22 2 0
D-PTS
Rubber Bowl, Akron, Ohio, United States
10 of 10 · 163 / 165 lbs
Event →
Sep 17
Art Hernandez
34 10 2
W-UD
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
10 of 10 · 164 / 164 lbs
Event →
Jul 5
Jimmy Ramos
5 6 3
W-TKO
Torino, Piemonte, Italy
4 of 10 · 164 / 163 lbs · 0:30
Event →
Jun 7
Yoshiaki Akasaka
19 12 1
W-KO
Rome, Lazio, Italy
2 of 10 · 161 / 171 lbs
Event →
Mar 4
Emile Griffith
54 8 0
W-UD
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
WBC Middleweight Title
15 of 15 · 160 / 155 lbs
Event →
Jan 19
Charley Austin
31 20 4
W-PTS
Rome, Lazio, Italy
10 of 10 · 159 / 159 lbs
Event →
Sep 29
Emile Griffith
52 8 0
L-MD
Shea Stadium, Flushing, Queens, New York, United States
WBC Middleweight Title
15 of 15 · 160 / 154 lbs
Event →
Apr 17
Emile Griffith
52 7 0
W-UD
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
WBC Middleweight Title
15 of 15 · 159 / 154 lbs
Event →
Mar 3
Milo Calhoun
23 7 5
W-PTS
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
10 of 10 · 162 / 164 lbs
Event →
Jan 19
Manfred Graus
12 5 3
W-KO
Palazzetto dello Sport, Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy
2 of 10 · 163 / 162 lbs · 2:40
Event →
Dec 23
Renato Moraes
21 8 2
W-KO
Rome, Lazio, Italy
9 of 10 · 161 / 168 lbs
Event →
Dec 2
Ferd Hernandez
26 6 4
W-PTS
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
10 of 10 · 163 / 161 lbs
Event →
Oct 21
Pascal Benedetto
21 0 1
W-KO
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
EBU (European) middleweight title
11 of 15 · 160 / 163 lbs
Event →
Sep 23
Harry Scott
24 17 4
W-PTS
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
10 of 10 · 157 / 161 lbs
Event →
Jun 25
Ki Kim
22 0 2
L-SD
Changchung Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea
WBC Light Middleweight Title
15 of 15 · 153 / 152 lbs
Event →
May 14
Jupp Elze
27 2 1
W-TKO
Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
EBU (European) middleweight title
14 of 15 · 158 / 159 lbs · 1:27
Referee: George Smith
Event →
Mar 11
Clarence James
12 5 1
W-PTS
Torino, Piemonte, Italy
10 of 10 · 157 / 162 lbs
Event →
Feb 4
Don Fullmer
37 11 3
W-PTS
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
12 of 12 · 160 / 160 lbs
Referee: Piero Pica
Event →
Dec 17
Sandro Mazzinghi
41 2 0
W-UD
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
WBC Light Middleweight Title
15 of 15 · 154 / 154 lbs
Referee: Giacinto Aniello
Event →
Nov 15
James Shelton
23 15 3
W-PTS
Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy
10 of 10 · 155 / 152 lbs
Event →
Nov 5
Johnny Torres
18 24 6
W-DQ
Torino, Piemonte, Italy
7 of 10 · 158 / 155 lbs
Event →
Oct 15
Luis Folledo
85 3 1
W-KO
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
vacant EBU (European) middleweight title
6 of 15 · 159 / 155 lbs
Referee: Ike Powell
Event →
Aug 16
Daniel Leullier
8 21 2
W-TKO
Senigallia, Marche, Italy
7 of 10 · 155 / 162 lbs
Event →
Jun 18
Sandro Mazzinghi
40 1 0
W-KO
San Siro, Milan, Lombardia, Italy
WBC Light Middleweight Title
6 of 15 · 153 / 154 lbs · 2:40
Referee: Salvatore Brambilla
Event →
Apr 30
Milo Calhoun
15 2 4
W-PTS
Genoa, Liguria, Italy
10 of 10 · 157 / 158 lbs
Event →
Apr 2
Garland Randall
35 11 5
W-PTS
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
10 of 10 · 158 / 152 lbs
Event →
Mar 19
Dick Knight
19 11 2
W-KO
Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy
6 of 10 · 159 lbs
Event →
Feb 27
Mick Leahy
46 17 7
W-PTS
Palazzo Dello Sport, Milan, Lombardia, Italy
10 of 10 · 158 / 158 lbs
Event →
Feb 12
Tommaso Truppi
25 4 2
W-RTD
Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy
Italian Middleweight Title
5 of 12 · 158 / 163 lbs
Event →
Jan 22
Art Hernandez
20 1 1
W-TKO
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
3 of 10 · 157 / 156 lbs · 2:20
Event →
Dec 20
Juan Carlo Duran
26 3 5
W-PTS
Palazzo Dello Sport, Milan, Lombardia, Italy
10 of 10 · 155 / 158 lbs
Event →
Nov 27
Aristeo Chavarin
10 8 2
W-KO
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
4 of 10
Event →
Oct 9
Abrao Souza
17 2 0
W-DQ
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
7 of 10 · 158 lbs
Event →
Sep 18
Denny Moyer
36 15 1
W-PTS
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
10 of 10 · 157 / 160 lbs
Event →
Jul 30
Fabio Bettini
19 8 5
W-PTS
San Remo, Liguria, Italy
Italian Middleweight Title
12 of 12 · 160 / 159 lbs
Event →
May 28
Jimmy Beecham
40 28 3
W-TKO
Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy
2 of 10 · 161 / 158 lbs
Event →
Apr 10
Sugar Nando
56 26 5
W-PTS
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
10 of 10 · 156 / 159 lbs
Event →
Mar 18
Michel Diouf
43 23 5
W-PTS
Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy
10 of 10 · 160 lbs
Event →
Feb 28
Memo Ayon
13 3 1
W-KO
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
5 of 10 · 161 / 161 lbs · 0:28
Event →
Dec 13
Ted Wright
45 11 7
W-PTS
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
10 of 10 · 160 / 162 lbs
Event →